Acta Agriculurae Boreali-Sinica is jointly sponsored by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Society of Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Henan, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Acta Agriculurae Boreali-Sinica started in 1962. It is the first agricultural academic journal across Provinces, Cities and Districts in China. The main columns are Crop Genetics & Breeding·Germplasm Resources·Biotechnology, Tillage & Cultivation·Physiology & Biochemistry, Resources & Environment·Plant Protection, Animal Husbandry·Fisheries·Veterinarian. It mainly publishes research articles, reviews and research briefs of agricultural basic subjects, aiming to report the trends of agricultural science and promote agricultural science and technology progress.

Acta Agriculurae Boreali-Sinica is included in the core journal of China Science Citation Database (CSCD), Core Journal of China, RCCSE China Core Academic Journal, World Journal Clout Index (WJCI) Report of Scientific and Technological Periodicals, The Key Magazine of China Technology, and Core Journal of China Agriculture & Forest Science (Level A). AABS is indexed in some databases such as Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST China), International Nuclear Information System (INIS), Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory (Ulrichsweb), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, Chongqing VIP, Superstar Journals Database and Bookan.